Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue’s squad joined Schneizel’s guerrilla unit to help rescue Suzaku, while Xu Yue’s Wood Clone bonded with Kallen. At the execution ground, Xu Yue spotted enemy Reincarnators and used a mist technique to cover the rescue team’s escape.

• Wu Mo mocked Xu Yue for being useless and urged him to withdraw from the mission.
• Schneizel called Xu Yue to treat a wounded guerrilla, and Kallen challenged him for pretending to use his brother’s name.
• Xu Yue answered Kallen by comparing their choices to reject their former lives, and their bond reached 10/10.
• As the rescue team approached Suzaku’s execution, Xu Yue spotted numerous Reincarnators among Britannia’s forces.
• After Lelouch controlled Jeremiah with Geass, Xu Yue cast the Mist Technique and helped the rescue team retreat through the fog.

Sun Lin’s squad escorted Lelouch and the guerrilla officers through the fog before stopping to face pursuing Reincarnators. Xu Yue exposed three invisible pursuers wearing Predator armor, and Sun Lin mistook his trick for infrared detection as the fight began.

• Sun Lin’s squad fled with Suzaku, Lelouch, and the guerrilla officers, then received a warning that pursuers were approaching.
• Sun Lin sent Lelouch’s group ahead and deployed an autonomous machine-gun turret as her squad prepared an ambush.
• Xu Yue deflected a boomerang and a Plasma Caster bolt, deducing that the attackers wore Predator combat armor and used invisibility or optical camouflage.
• Xu Yue used a powder-filled Sealing Scroll to cover the area and reveal three Predator-armored pursuers.
• Sun Lin urged everyone to shoot, mistakenly believing Xu Yue had exposed the enemies with an infrared detection device.

Xu Yue’s squad defeated three Reincarnators, but a blue RPI-13 Sunderland mech ambushed them before they could collect the spoils. The squad fled under cover of smoke while the mech pilot turned toward Xu Yue, who had been separated from them.

• Sun Lin ordered Xu Yue to search the three fallen Reincarnators, recognizing his role in exposing and surviving the earlier attacks.
• Xu Yue sensed danger and dodged behind ruins as a blue RPI-13 Sunderland mech destroyed the corpses with autocannon fire.
• Sun Lin’s Squad panicked and fled, leaving Xu Yue separated from them.
• Sun Lin’s Squad deployed dense smoke and called out a warning about mines, making the mech pilot hesitate before pursuing them.
• The mech pilot chose to pursue Xu Yue to complete his mission objective of killing an opposing Reincarnator.

Xu Yue destroyed the Reincarnator pilot’s mech and subdued Sun Lin, then sealed her real memories and planted a false account of how they escaped. Sun Lin woke believing they had survived because she had distracted the mech and Xu Yue had disabled it with an Explosive Tag.

• Xu Yue dodged the mech’s gunfire, attached Explosive Tags to its joints, and destroyed its combat capability.
• Xu Yue cut through Sunderland’s cockpit with his Chidori Sharp Spear and killed the pilot.
• Xu Yue found Sun Lin hiding under rubble and learned that her brother had bound a Life Casket to her.
• Xu Yue used Tsukuyomi and Sealing Jutsu to remove Sun Lin’s memories of his strength and implant a false escape story.
• Sun Lin woke while Xu Yue carried her, believing she had been knocked unconscious after the mech lost mobility.

Xu Yue made contact with C.C. and received a temporary Geass, then discovered he could perceive C World but could not yet breach its barrier. He planned to pursue a Code or the ruins’ control system to gain access to its power, while seeking someone to test his new ability on.

• Lelouch and Suzaku clashed over how to change Britannia, then parted ways as Suzaku chose to reform it from within.
• C.C. visited Xu Yue while he examined Nunnally, and he stopped her attack before asking her to give him a Geass.
• Xu Yue persuaded C.C. to make a contract, and their contact drew them into C World.
• Xu Yue explored the vast collective of human consciousness but failed to penetrate its barrier, and he suspected he would need a Code or access to the Sword of Akasha.
• Xu Yue returned from C World with a temporary ability to influence others’ wills and decided to find someone to test it on.

Xu Yue tested his Geass ability to gain trust and began using his Wood Clone to pursue extra objectives in the Lelouch world. After rescuing Euphemia from a fall, he met Suzaku and watched Euphemia recognize him as Kuroki Suzaku, the suspected murderer of her brother.

• Xu Yue concluded that his trust-based Geass had few drawbacks and planned to interfere with the Divine Miracles and the curly-haired king's plan.
• Lelouch returned home and found Xu Yue having dinner with Nunnally, then Xu Yue said he would leave to find traditional Chinese medicine for her.
• After Suzaku was acquitted, Sun Lin's Squad began tailing him and planned to abduct him to curry favor with ZERO.
• Xu Yue's Wood Clone caught Euphemia after she fell while sneaking out, and he considered helping her Japan Special Administrative Region plan for extra rewards.
• Suzaku prepared to leave after Xu Yue rescued Euphemia, but she recognized him as Kuroki Suzaku, whom she suspected of murdering her imperial brother.

Xu Yue built ties with Euphemia and Suzaku while steering them toward his goals, but a Reincarnator named Hyena tried to assassinate the Third Princess. The assassination triggered a protection mission, and Sun Lin’s Squad pursued the sniper as Xu Yue suspected Hyena was far more powerful than the reward suggested.

• Sun Lin’s Squad watched as Xu Yue gained Euphemia and Suzaku’s favor and accompanied them to the ruined Shinjuku Ghetto.
• Hyena, a Britannia-aligned Reincarnator, identified Euphemia as the Third Princess and fired a sniper shot at her.
• Xu Yue sensed the shot and moved Euphemia out of its path, while Sun Lin’s Squad realized she was the target.
• The space issued Sun Lin’s Squad a mission to protect Euphemia and capture or kill her attacker, with a B-Rank Plot as the perfect-completion reward.
• Wu Mo led most of the squad toward the sniper, while Xu Yue reasoned that Hyena likely possessed a B-Rank core skill and that the squad would struggle to catch him.

Hyena’s assassination attempt on Euphemia failed, and he escaped after a fierce fight with Sun Lin’s squad. Though Euphemia survived and the assassin got away, the team received a B-Rank mission reward for protecting her and injuring him.

• Hyena abandoned his attack on Euphemia and fled, but Sun Lin intercepted him and fought him with Gun Fu.
• Xu Yue stayed with Euphemia, judged that the implanted memories would be manageable, and considered how her future plan could affect Lelouch and the Black Knights.
• Hyena wounded Sun Lin’s squad, killed one teammate, and escaped by changing to a backup route.
• Sun Lin and the surviving teammates questioned whether to continue the chase after their costly defeat.
• The Princess’s Assassination mission ended with Euphemia unharmed, and the team received a B-Rank mission reward.

Xu Yue captured an assassin who had targeted Euphemia, earning a B-Rank Mission Plot Point and her gratitude. He agreed to infiltrate the opposing side and send intelligence to Sun Lin's Squad, while planning to aid Lelouch's campaign.

• Xu Yue knocked out an assassin disguised as a tourist after spotting suspicious behavior, and the assassin's defeat earned the squad a B-Rank Mission Plot Point.
• Xu Yue told Euphemia that the attacker had likely been targeting her, and she thanked him before leaving with Suzaku.
• Sun Lin's Squad returned with one member missing, and Xu Yue inferred that the assassin had killed a Reincarnator to fulfill a Promotion Mission requirement.
• Wu Mo urged Xu Yue to use his favor with Euphemia for the squad, but Sun Lin warned that pursuing the Princess could bring trouble.
• Xu Yue offered to infiltrate the opposing side and share intelligence with the squad, and they agreed that he would report at set intervals.
• Xu Yue planned to help Lelouch during the Saitama Defense Battle and create opportunities for Euphemia to establish the Special Administrative Zone.

Xu Yue manipulated the Saitama Slums battle to make Lelouch see the need for reliable subordinates, while arranging for Sun Lin’s squad to appear at a decisive moment. Lelouch seized the opportunity to turn the collapsing fight around, unaware that Xu Yue had orchestrated the support.

• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone learned that Cornelia had surrounded the Saitama Slums and used a walkie-talkie to guide Sun Lin’s squad toward intervening at the critical moment.
• Sun Lin’s squad agreed to hold back until Lelouch needed them, while Xu Yue fed them embellished intelligence and infiltrated the Saitama resistance under a disguise.
• Xu Yue monitored the battle through communications linked to Lelouch and observed Cornelia’s forces defeat the poorly coordinated resistance fighters.
• Xu Yue arranged advantageous positions for members of the Shinjuku Guerrillas and reported their presence to Lelouch as the Saitama forces began to collapse.
• Lelouch recognized the opportunity, took control of the newly positioned fighters, and prepared to use surrendered Knightmares against Cornelia’s forces.

Xu Yue helped Lelouch’s forces turn the Saitama Slums battle against Cornelia, then let Lelouch use Geass on him while concealing how much he had manipulated events. As the Reincarnators pursued Knightmare training, news of a hostage crisis and Britannia’s preparations for expansion pointed to a wider conflict ahead.

• Cornelia’s ambush force was trapped by explosives, and Lelouch’s troops eliminated three squads before Cornelia drove them back; Xu Yue’s interference helped them escape unharmed.
• Lelouch summoned Xu Yue, used Geass to command his obedience, and questioned him about the intelligence that had helped secure victory in Saitama.
• Sun Lin learned Knightmare piloting, while the others could not afford the training; Xu Yue used his mission rewards and contract compensation to learn it for free.
• A news report announced that the Japanese Liberation Front had taken hostages, including Shirley and the disguised Euphemia, to demand the release of political prisoners.
• Xu Yue learned that Britannia was searching for ruins and suspected the Geass Order had been found, raising the prospect of an earlier war with the E.U.

Xu Yue earned Cornelia's trust by declaring his desire to become Euphemia's knight and requesting to join the hostage rescue, but Cornelia worried he was too inexperienced for the mission. As Cornelia's forces began sending Knightmares through a passage beneath the lake, Xu Yue considered how to get into the operation and earn mission points.

• Xu Yue agreed to remain a spy at the Governor-General's Mansion after Lelouch commanded his loyalty.
• Xu Yue told Cornelia that he wanted to become Euphemia's knight and asked whether she was among the hostages; Cornelia confirmed she was inside the hotel.
• Xu Yue requested to join the rescue as a special assault member, and Cornelia warned that the operation was too dangerous for a nonprofessional.
• Cornelia's forces surrounded the conference center hotel and began sending Knightmares through the underground supply passage beneath the lake.
• Xu Yue watched the Knightmares enter the passage and considered how to persuade Cornelia to let him join them.

After Cornelia's forces were wiped out in the underground passage, Xu Yue volunteered to lead a breakthrough in a Sunderland alongside Suzaku's Lancelot. Despite his clumsy-looking piloting and Cornelia's order to retreat, Xu Yue raced ahead into the tunnel.

• Cornelia learned that electromagnetic weapons had annihilated the Knightmare Frames sent into the passage, while Zero entered the hotel with Lelouch and the hostages.
• Xu Yue offered to attempt the rescue, and Cornelia took him to the Special Administration Bureau to request a Knightmare for him.
• Lloyd refused to lend Xu Yue Lancelot, so Suzaku volunteered to pilot it, while Xu Yue accepted a Sunderland and received two MVS Laser Vibration Swords.
• Cornelia and the guards noticed that Xu Yue's Sunderland moved like a rookie, but he ignored her order to be pulled back and raced into the tunnel.
• Suzaku followed in Lancelot after seeing Xu Yue's Sunderland speed away ahead of him.

Xu Yue’s Wood Clone drove a Sunderland through repeated Electromagnetic Cannon barrages, destroying the cannon before ejecting from the wrecked mech. The cockpit was surrounded by four enemy mechs, and its hatch was kicked open from within.

• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone dodged and deflected the first dense barrage with the MVS Sword, pushing the Sunderland beyond its intended limits.
• Cornelia ordered the pilot to retreat and cover Lancelot, but the Wood Clone cut communications and continued forward.
• The Wood Clone survived a second barrage by twisting the Sunderland to shield its vital components, then cut the third mother shell in half.
• The crippled Sunderland completed a final turn and ejected its cockpit, knocking down the Electromagnetic Cannon.
• Four Japan mechs surrounded the cockpit, and someone inside kicked its jammed hatch open, sending it flying.

Xu Yue defeated the four Knightmares after escaping his destroyed machine, then entered the hotel with Suzaku to rescue the hostages. He saved Euphemia and left her with Suzaku while he went to find the Liberation Front’s leader.

• Xu Yue emerged from his escape pod, took up an MVS Sword, and destroyed the four Knightmares pursuing him.
• Suzaku arrived and found Xu Yue safe amid the wreckage, while Xu Yue claimed the escape pod had caused an electromagnetic cannon chamber explosion.
• Xu Yue proposed that he and Suzaku infiltrate the hotel, and Cornelia agreed to the plan.
• Kusukabe learned that two intruders had breached the defenses, dismissed them, and Lelouch opened his eyepatch to use his Geass.
• Euphemia revealed her identity to protect the hostages, and Xu Yue killed the guards threatening her with shuriken.
• Xu Yue left Euphemia in Suzaku's protection and went to look for the Liberation Front's leader.

Xu Yue helped Lelouch establish the Black Knights and build their public standing while pursuing his own plans. After assimilating a fragment of the Water Angel’s Apostle soul and capturing V.V., Xu Yue was interrupted by a Knightmare piloted by Anya, with Mariana’s consciousness possibly acting through her.

• Xu Yue joined Lelouch’s hostage rescue and stood masked behind Zero as the Black Knights made their public debut.
• Xu Yue followed the Black Knights as they gained support, while Cornelia prepared to attack the Japanese Liberation Front at Mount Narita.
• Xu Yue fully assimilated the Apostle soul fragment, gaining a crude, fragile AT Field.
• Xu Yue captured V.V. after using Geass to gain allies and seize control of the Geass Order’s hiding place.
• Anya’s pink Knightmare burst into the ruins and interrupted Xu Yue as he reached for V.V.

Xu Yue confronted Mariana, who had arrived in Anya’s pink mech to take V.V, and revealed his Susanoo to defeat her machine. Mariana survived the mech’s destruction, leaving Xu Yue facing her unharmed body.

• Anya’s mech broke through the cave gate, and Mariana demanded that Xu Yue surrender V.V.
• Mariana explained that the mech protected her from Xu Yue’s Geass and assumed he relied on a hidden assault squad.
• Xu Yue revealed that he had identified Mariana and summoned his fourth-form Susanoo.
• Mariana tried to escape, but vines trapped her mech, and Susanoo destroyed it with a single sword strike.
• Anya fell from the wreckage unharmed as her clothing was torn away and scattered into strips.

Xu Yue defeated Mariana’s Knight of the Round mech and forced her to negotiate by trapping her in his Tsukuyomi. They agreed to share and connect any ruin nodes they captured before entering the final operating system together, while Xu Yue left a Tsukuyomi seed in Mariana’s mind.

• Xu Yue destroyed Mariana’s mech with one strike, then approached her as she occupied Anya’s body.
• Xu Yue’s Geass made Mariana feel trust and closeness toward him, but she remained wary and only tentatively agreed to cooperate if their goals matched.
• Xu Yue pulled Mariana into his Tsukuyomi and used its control over her sensations to force her to compromise.
• Xu Yue and Mariana agreed to share and connect the remaining ruin nodes they captured, then enter the final operating system together and compete by their own methods.
• Xu Yue planted a Tsukuyomi seed in Mariana’s mind, and she withdrew her consciousness to contact the others through C’s World while Anya fell unconscious in his arms.

Xu Yue took V.V’s Code and led Anya toward Luoyang, while the Black Knights prepared to intervene in Cornelia’s attack on Mount Narita. Xu Yue proposed capturing Cornelia by exploiting her habit of leading from the front, and Lelouch began planning an ambush.

• Xu Yue took V.V’s Code, gained longevity, and considered what its connection to the World Will might offer.
• Xu Yue led Anya toward Luoyang and prioritized bringing Kaminejima Island under their control.
• The Kyoto Six Houses secretly supported the Black Knights, and Xu Yue and Sun Lin received Burai units for the mission.
• Lelouch learned that Cornelia had already attacked Mount Narita, leaving the Black Knights unable to prepare an ambush in advance.
• Xu Yue proposed targeting Cornelia because she led from the front, and Lelouch considered luring her away from her main force.

Xu Yue secretly sent Lelouch Cornelia's battlefield deployment, helping him prepare an encirclement while Lelouch's Geass manipulated squads into position. Meanwhile, Hyena stayed near Cornelia's forces, hoping to exploit the battle for a major gain, and began looking for a mech.

• Xu Yue returned to the Governor-General's Mansion, boarded the mobile fortress, and met Euphemia, who reproached him for leaving without saying goodbye.
• Xu Yue used a coded device to send Lelouch the battlefield deployment at Mount Narita.
• Lelouch used Geass to infiltrate the battlefield and subtly redirect three squads to encircle Cornelia.
• Reincarnators from the Far East Governor's Mansion and Wings of Freedom fought as infantry and complained that they could not afford mech-piloting skills.
• Hyena reflected on his failed assassination attempt and his missed chance to obtain a mech, then decided to seek one while waiting for an opportunity near Cornelia's forces.